Feng Yuheng looked in the direction of her finger, and had to look very carefully to see two strange things squeezed in the gap under the eaves.
She was curious and walked two more steps toward that direction. When she stood under the eaves, she discovered that there were two birds, only the size of her little finger, with emerald green bodies and long pointed beaks.
Yin Lan said, "Anpin called them jadeite, and originally just kept them for fun. People who saw them just thought they were a bit novel, but didn't think much of anything else. But one day, I saw these two birds fly out of the palace and didn't come back all night. I thought they would never come back, but at dawn, they returned quietly under the eaves. If I hadn't used my mind, I'm afraid I wouldn't have made such a discovery. As for the fifth prince, he has too many concubines in his house, but I remember that he did bring a foreign woman into the palace to see Anpin. He felt indebted to Anpin, and the fifth prince would meet any request of Anpin."
Yinlan stopped talking here, and Feng Yuheng did not ask any more questions. He just stared at the two birds, feeling puzzled.
If she was not mistaken, this was a hummingbird, a species of bird that breeds in South America and is the smallest in the world. But she was not sure, because the hummingbird appeared in the capital of Dashun, and the climate conditions were not sufficient to support their survival. It just looked very similar to a hummingbird.
She stretched out her hand, and her fingers moved several times, seemingly randomly but actually in an orderly manner. When she stopped, her guess in her mind was more than eighty percent certain.
This bird is not an ordinary bird raised for entertainment. She just tested it with her fingers and found that it has been specially trained. This kind of bird is very easy to train. Its IQ is generally higher than that of dogs, and the training cycle is half as short as that of police dogs. In addition, it is a bird, it can move freely in the sky and on the ground, and it has such a petite size, which greatly reduces the target range. This kind of thing is simply a good tool for committing crimes.
Feng Yuheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and when she turned back, Huang Quan told her: "Princess An is awake, and Yin Lan has hidden away. Miss, do you think there is something wrong with this bird?"
She looked at the two birds again. At this moment, one of them was flying with a small stone in its mouth. It circled twice in the low sky, and suddenly spread its wings and flew straight up into the sky. After a while, the stone fell from the sky and landed right in a well in the yard. The other bird that did not move also followed suit, carrying a stone in its mouth and flying into the sky. In the same way, it threw the stone into the well.
"Did you see that?" She raised her lips and sneered, "What a precise throw!"
Huang Quan also fixed his gaze, and was about to say something when he saw a little palace maid running up to him, leaning forward and saying, "My Lord, Concubine An has woken up and wants to see you."
Feng Yuheng nodded and followed the palace maid back to Concubine An's bedroom.
At this time, Concubine An had been combed and dressed by the servants, and was sitting on the couch, rubbing her temples with both hands and sighing from time to time.
Feng Yuheng stepped forward and bowed with Huang Quan: "Ah Heng pays his respects to Concubine An." Although there was a smile on his face, his voice was cold and without a trace of warmth.
Concubine An had never attended a palace banquet in recent years, and she had only heard of Princess Ji'an, Feng Yuheng, but had never seen her. It was just that the servants told her that it was Princess Ji'an who cured her madness with acupuncture, and out of courtesy, she had to thank her.
"Hurry up." She raised her hand lightly, and the palace maid beside her helped Feng Yuheng up, and then said: "Please take a seat."
After thanking her, Feng Yuheng calmly sat down. When she looked up at Anpin again, she saw a hint of evasion in the other's eyes. She sneered in her heart, turned her head, and happened to see the fruits on the table, so she said: "I came in a hurry today and didn't prepare any gifts for the queen. Please don't blame the queen. It's good for the queen to eat more fruits on weekdays. Next time, Ah Heng will remember to send more to the queen, so that the third brother won't have to worry every day."
Concubine An shuddered out of nowhere, not knowing if it was her illusion, but she felt that the girl was hiding something from her words. However, she could only guess what the words meant, not dare to ask.
Seeing that Concubine An didn't say anything, Feng Yuheng smiled again and said, "Just now, my maid and I were playing with birds in the yard. I thought that although the queen was weak, she had raised two emerald bees to be very smart. It should be no problem for the birds to fly back and forth within a hundred miles, right?" As she spoke, she leaned forward and looked directly at Concubine An. "Even if it flies into the sky, it can accurately drop a stone into the well below. With the intelligence of hummingbirds, it is not difficult to train them like this. I just don't know where the queen got such a rare bird. It really opened Ah Heng's eyes." As she spoke, she retracted her body, leaned back on the chair, and said as if chatting, "It seems that I have to walk around the harem more in the future, so that His Royal Highness Prince Yu won't always say that I am short-sighted."
Concubine An subconsciously moved closer to the couch, her face turned pale, obviously frightened.
The palace servants who were serving her didn't understand why Concubine An had such a reaction. They just thought that her illness was about to relapse, so they quickly said to Feng Yuheng: "County Lady, please come and see the queen. Don't let her get sick again."
Feng Yuheng stood up very decisively, sat directly beside Concubine An's couch, and reached out to hold her wrist pulse. Even though Concubine An struggled hard, she couldn't break free from her hand.
"It's okay. Maybe the charcoal fire in this room is too hot, so the queen's mind is always a little unclear. You can reduce the charcoal fire by half and cool down the room, which will help the queen recover."
In fact, there was not much charcoal in the room, and it would be too cold if it was reduced by half. But Feng Yuheng was a doctor, and the palace people knew nothing else. They only knew that the Princess of Ji'an was famous, and what she said must be right, so they hurried to spread the charcoal.
Anpin didn't know whether it was because of the cold or fear, her body kept shaking. She tried to pull her wrist out of Feng Yuheng's hand several times, but she failed. She panicked and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Feng Yuheng finally let go of her hand, but said, "I'm not doing anything, I'm just reminding you that the room shouldn't be too hot, otherwise, your mind will be easily confused. I've heard that the Fifth Prince has a concubine from Southern Xinjiang in his mansion. People from Southern Xinjiang are the best at studying strange poisons. I guess the Fifth Prince has learned a lot from her, right?"
Anpin's heart trembled greatly. Feng Yuheng had said so much, and it was useless for her to play dumb. Everyone said how powerful the Ji'an County Lady was. Seeing her today, she really lived up to the evaluation she had heard.
Concubine An finally stopped being afraid and turned her gaze towards Feng Yuheng. After a while, she suddenly said, "It's not good to be too smart."
Feng Yuheng said with a smile, "It's even worse to be too stupid. Things can never be avoided by hiding. When the storm comes, I can only face it head-on. If there is no way, I will open up a new way. I am like this, without consideration, without leaving a way out. I want to see, in the end, whether I live or they die!" She stood up and stared at Anpin coldly, "I don't care where you got the emerald hummingbird, or who secretly trained the bird to be so capable now, and I don't care how that person persuaded you to help him, or how you forced the Fifth Prince to help you. I don't care about the process, I only care about the result. Thirty thousand soldiers of the Northwest Army were poisoned, and I saved them for several days and nights, and then I was so tired that I slept for several days and nights. I remember to ask for this account back!"
Concubine An was horrified, she never expected Feng Yuheng to be so direct in breaking up with her, she was used to talking in a roundabout way, stopping at the right time, and then making a few secret plots afterwards, the life-and-death struggles between women were all hidden behind the scenes and shameful.
But the Lady of Ji'an County laid everything out in the open, leaving her with nowhere to hide and no way to escape.
The palace maid beside her was also terrified. Although she didn't quite understand what was said, she could guess roughly what was going on. It must be that Concubine An had provoked Princess Ji'an. Was Princess Ji'an here to seek revenge?
Feng Yuheng looked at Anpin for a while, then smiled again, and then glanced at the maid beside her, and said, "What did this county lady say to your queen today? You can go and tell the queen or the emperor. But you'd better think it over. Don't say that the emperor and the queen don't like Anpin. Even if they do, you should think about whose team the Northwest Army belongs to! You're asking for death by starting a war in front of His Highness the Ninth Prince. Anpin - you're asking for death!"
She threw down the last sentence fiercely and turned to leave. Huang Quan also glared at Concubine An fiercely, then quickly followed Feng Yuheng. The two of them walked out of the palace, and Huang Quan said, "It turned out that it was Concubine An who poisoned the camp. I didn't expect it, but why did she poison the camp?"
Feng Yuheng told her, "Yesterday, I followed His Highness the Ninth Prince into the palace. I first saw the red-clothed lady mixed in with the maids of Qing'an Palace. Then I heard from the ladies in the palace that Concubine An has been acting crazy these years and blamed the Fifth Prince for her loss of favor, but the Third Prince treated her very well and would send some food, clothing and other necessities to Qing'an Palace from time to time. Before the New Year, we inquired about the women in the Fifth Prince's mansion and heard that there was a beauty from Southern Xinjiang. I became suspicious at the time, but I had no evidence. Seeing those two birds again today, what else is there to be unclear about?"
Huang Quan gritted his teeth in anger, veins popped out on his forehead, "The Third Prince treats Concubine An well because he has his eyes on her birds. Your Highness's camp is heavily guarded, so he can only come up with this kind of crooked idea. Generally speaking, many people raise eagles and vultures, but those are too big and obvious targets. Think about it this way, if it was Concubine An's two emerald birds, it would really be difficult for people to find them."
Feng Yuheng smiled bitterly. Isn't it true? Two such small birds flew so high in the sky. How idle would the soldiers below have to be to be able to see them?
"Miss, how are you going to deal with Concubine An?" Huang Quan thought for a moment and then said, "There is also the Fifth Prince."
Feng Yuheng shrugged: "I don't need to deal with it. The mother and son can torture themselves to death. Just wait and see. If Hongyi wants me to help her survive, she will definitely take action. Let's just watch a show and see how this mother and son kill each other."
As the two were talking, they walked towards the palace gate. When they passed Yongxiang and walked down the horse road, they suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from the front left and rushing straight towards them.
Huang Quan instantly dodged and stood in front of Feng Yuheng, but heard Feng Yuheng say: "Why do old friends always get so tense when they meet?"
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